From grant at mclean.net.nz Mon Jul 4 15:50:45 2005
From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean)
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 10:50:45 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Meeting next Monday
Message-ID: <1120517445.24654.62.camel@localhost>
Hi Mongers
The next meeting of Wellington Perl Mongers is this coming Monday (July
11th), usual time and place:
http://wellington.pm.org/
This month, I will be wearing my 'Sprog' hat and doing a practice of my
OSCON talk. If you haven't heard of Sprog before, then check out my
article on Perl.com:
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2005/06/23/sprog.html
Since no-one else has volunteered to speak, I also plan to spend 10-15
minutes on the subject of Perl One-Liners - using Perl from the command
line.
Now is a good time to think about volunteering to speak at the following
meeting in August. The scheduled date is August 8th which gives you
plenty of time to prepare. I unfortunately will be away that day.
Regards
Grant
From grant at mclean.net.nz Sun Jul 10 15:05:40 2005
From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:05:40 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Reminder: Meeting tonight
Message-ID: <1121033140.17790.3.camel@localhost>
Just a quick reminder that this month's meeting is on this evening:
http://wellington.pm.org/
We need volunteers to speak at future meetings, so get your thinking
caps on (you can even reply on the list to volunteer).
Regards
Grant
From grant at mclean.net.nz Mon Jul 11 15:02:31 2005
From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:02:31 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Next month's meeting
Message-ID: <1121119351.4159.16.camel@localhost>
Hi Mongers
Thanks for the feedback on my talks last night. I haven't put the
slides up on the web site yet but I'll do that this evening.
One subject I forgot to mention was talks for future meetings. The next
meeting is scheduled for August the 8th. I'll be away then, but I'm
sure that one of my co-workers at Catalyst (hi Matt!) will be happy to
step up and organise access, projector and reminder messages etc.
So if people want to have a meeting, we need volunteers to speak.
Suggestions of topics to speak about are also welcome. Speak up (reply
here on the list) or it won't happen.
One alternative possibility would be to classify the August meeting as a
'social' and arrange to meet somewhere for beer, food and chat. Once
again, if people want to do that then someone will need to organise it.
Cheers
Grant
From grant at mclean.net.nz Mon Jul 11 15:10:36 2005
From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:10:36 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from the O'Reilly UG Program,
July 8]
Message-ID: <1121119836.4159.19.camel@localhost>
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> Subject: Newsletter from the O'Reilly UG Program, July 8
> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 14:25:29 -0700
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> -Secure Your MySQL Databases
> -What Developers Want
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> -Is This Security Alert Really from Microsoft?
> -Atlas: Microsoft's Answer to Ajax
> -Generics in .NET 2.0
> -Getting Your Bluetooth Headset to Work in XP
> -Java City: The Java Enterprise Ecosystem
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From matt at catalyst.net.nz Mon Jul 11 15:29:59 2005
From: matt at catalyst.net.nz (Matthew Hunt)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:29:59 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Next month's meeting
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Grant McLean wrote:
> I'll be away then, but I'm sure that one of my co-workers at Catalyst
> (hi Matt!) will be happy to step up and organise access, projector and
> reminder messages etc.
Hi, yes I'm happy to help out.
> So if people want to have a meeting, we need volunteers to speak.
> Suggestions of topics to speak about are also welcome. Speak up (reply
> here on the list) or it won't happen.
I'm interested in doing a talk on debugging, but I'd like to get some
feedback, notably:
a) is anyone interested in a talk on debugging?
b) would you want a talk about the perl debugger? (I'm less interested
in this)
c) would you want a talk about debug modules?
d) would you want a talk about debugging methods in general? (I'm more
interested in this)
The likely option is a bit of all of them, with more of a leaning
towards the process rather than modules and using the perl debugger.
> One alternative possibility would be to classify the August meeting as a
> 'social' and arrange to meet somewhere for beer, food and chat. Once
> again, if people want to do that then someone will need to organise it.
Or that :) Sam did suggest social meetings some time ago, but nothing
came of it so far.
Cheers,
Matt.
From don at dis.org.nz Mon Jul 11 16:12:54 2005
From: don at dis.org.nz (Donald Gordon)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:12:54 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Next month's meeting
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On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:29:59 +1200
Matthew Hunt wrote:
> I'm interested in doing a talk on debugging, but I'd like to get some
> feedback, notably:
>
> a) is anyone interested in a talk on debugging?
> b) would you want a talk about the perl debugger? (I'm less interested
> in this)
> c) would you want a talk about debug modules?
> d) would you want a talk about debugging methods in general? (I'm more
> interested in this)
>
> The likely option is a bit of all of them, with more of a leaning
> towards the process rather than modules and using the perl debugger.
YES!
Having had to do some perl debugging recently, I'd certainly be
interested in a talk on any of the above, although I'd be more
interested in the perl-specific bits.
donald
From sam at vilain.net Mon Jul 11 16:23:16 2005
From: sam at vilain.net (Sam Vilain)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:23:16 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Next month's meeting
In-Reply-To: <42D2F2E7.9050002@catalyst.net.nz>
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Matthew Hunt wrote:
> a) is anyone interested in a talk on debugging?
> b) would you want a talk about the perl debugger? (I'm less interested
> in this)
> c) would you want a talk about debug modules?
> d) would you want a talk about debugging methods in general? (I'm more
> interested in this)
> The likely option is a bit of all of them, with more of a leaning
> towards the process rather than modules and using the perl debugger.
One very cool module that I mentioned in passing, during my talk on my
trip to YAPC::Taipei earlier this year, is Devel::ebug. This is an
ACME product which was started during the YAPC hackathon.
For demonstrating the process of debugging, I think it's ideal; as it
can display in a web browser, highlight code, etc. It uses a
client/server protocol, with a very small debugging core. This assists
its application to environments like Perl in an embedded web server,
where this is normally problematiC.
In summary, it's shiny.
Of course I still prefer the good old tty debugger, but that's probably
because I was reared on DOS debug and gdb. If I want interactive
debugging I'll use M-x perldb from emacs.
Sam.
From matt at catalyst.net.nz Mon Jul 11 17:07:30 2005
From: matt at catalyst.net.nz (Matthew Hunt)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:07:30 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Next month's meeting
In-Reply-To: <1121119351.4159.16.camel@localhost>
References: <1121119351.4159.16.camel@localhost>
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Grant McLean wrote:
> Suggestions of topics to speak about are also welcome. Speak up (reply
> here on the list) or it won't happen.
I'd be interested to hear something about Log::Log4perl and Plucene if
anyone's used them or is keen to find out and do a presentation anyway.
Obviously I _could_ read the manual, but where's the fun in that?
Matt.
From geoff at catalyst.net.nz Mon Jul 11 17:26:51 2005
From: geoff at catalyst.net.nz (Geoff Cant)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:26:51 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Next month's meeting
In-Reply-To: <42D2FF64.5000609@vilain.net>
References: <1121119351.4159.16.camel@localhost>
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I would love to hear a talk on Devel::ebug and any other shiny
Devel:: type code. (With maybe some passing references to similar but
less good things in the standard perl -d and perldb-mode)
I'm also interested in unit testing and in particular unit testing
applied to legacy code and the refactoring required to do so. If no-
one else wants to pick this up I might have a go.
I'd like to talk about Darcs and why it's super-shiny and better than
CVS at some stage. Anyone interested in a version control type talk?
--Geoff Cant (Catalyst IT)
On 2005-07-12, at 11:23 , Sam Vilain wrote:
> Matthew Hunt wrote:
>
>> a) is anyone interested in a talk on debugging?
>> b) would you want a talk about the perl debugger? (I'm less
>> interested
>> in this)
>> c) would you want a talk about debug modules?
>> d) would you want a talk about debugging methods in general? (I'm
>> more
>> interested in this)
>> The likely option is a bit of all of them, with more of a leaning
>> towards the process rather than modules and using the perl debugger.
>>
>
> One very cool module that I mentioned in passing, during my talk on my
> trip to YAPC::Taipei earlier this year, is Devel::ebug. This is an
> ACME product which was started during the YAPC hackathon.
>
> For demonstrating the process of debugging, I think it's ideal; as it
> can display in a web browser, highlight code, etc. It uses a
> client/server protocol, with a very small debugging core. This
> assists
> its application to environments like Perl in an embedded web server,
> where this is normally problematiC.
>
> In summary, it's shiny.
>
> Of course I still prefer the good old tty debugger, but that's
> probably
> because I was reared on DOS debug and gdb. If I want interactive
> debugging I'll use M-x perldb from emacs.
>
> Sam.
> _______________________________________________
> Wellington-pm mailing list
> Wellington-pm at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/wellington-pm
>
>
From matt at catalyst.net.nz Mon Jul 11 17:39:19 2005
From: matt at catalyst.net.nz (Matthew Hunt)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:39:19 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Next month's meeting
In-Reply-To: <26E873CF-A6FB-4E74-A73E-7AA2BDB5C44C@catalyst.net.nz>
References: <1121119351.4159.16.camel@localhost> <42D2F2E7.9050002@catalyst.net.nz>
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Message-ID: <42D31137.8090703@catalyst.net.nz>
Geoff Cant wrote:
> I would love to hear a talk on Devel::ebug and any other shiny
> Devel:: type code. (With maybe some passing references to similar but
> less good things in the standard perl -d and perldb-mode)
>
> I'm also interested in unit testing and in particular unit testing
> applied to legacy code and the refactoring required to do so. If no-
> one else wants to pick this up I might have a go.
>
> I'd like to talk about Darcs and why it's super-shiny and better than
> CVS at some stage. Anyone interested in a version control type talk?
How about a debugging lightning talks session then? People could take a
bit of debugging (module, perldb, debugging methodology), learn a bit
about it and present for 5-10 minutes on it.
Anyone keen?
Matt.
From sam at vilain.net Mon Jul 11 20:52:56 2005
From: sam at vilain.net (Sam Vilain)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:52:56 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Next month's meeting
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Geoff Cant wrote:
> I would love to hear a talk on Devel::ebug and any other shiny
> Devel:: type code. (With maybe some passing references to similar but
> less good things in the standard perl -d and perldb-mode)
Look, just because I saw its inception and have cranked it up before
and commented, "ooo, pretty", doesn't mean I can make a whole talk on
it!
However, if we go with Matt's suggestion to have a focused lightning
talks session, I could probably contribute a Devel::ebug section, and
an XS debugging section (if anyone's interested!).
> I'm also interested in unit testing and in particular unit testing
> applied to legacy code and the refactoring required to do so. If no-
> one else wants to pick this up I might have a go.
Sounds like a good topic. Other interesting related tools and
techniques are Devel::Cover for coverage testing, WWW::Mechanize for
writing web application test suites, Test::Base for writing data-based
test suites, etc.
> I'd like to talk about Darcs and why it's super-shiny and better than
> CVS at some stage. Anyone interested in a version control type talk?
Sure. I can probably contribute Subversion and svk short talks for
this session.
(for those unaware, Subversion is like CVS with all the design bugs
fixed, and svk is the Perl patchset abstraction/management layer that
runs atop of Subversion, similar to darcs).
So, we've got three great topic areas to discuss, and a range of items
to talk about in those topics, this should keep us busy for a few
months.
I forward the motion for the call for a call for a vote on which topic
goes first. Anyone care to second the motion?
Is anyone interested in any more Perl 6 talks? I'm thinking that a
talk about the Perl 6 OO core, including Classes, Roles, Traits and
the MetaModel might be a good one.
Sam.
From geoff at catalyst.net.nz Tue Jul 12 00:02:31 2005
From: geoff at catalyst.net.nz (Geoff Cant)
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 19:02:31 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Next month's meeting
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<42D33E98.20606@vilain.net>
Message-ID:
Options for the August PM meet (8th Aug?):
A) Wellington PM Social (Dinner somewhere)
B) Lightning Talks (Darcs, Devel::ebug, XS debugging ?, Unit
Testing ?, Perl 6?, more?)
C) A + B :)
D) Other - please submit suggestions on the back of a self-addressed
email.
Any strong opinions/violent objections/comments/...?
--Geoff Cant (Catalyst IT)
ps: Would I cause commotion if I second Sam's motion?
On 2005-07-12, at 15:52 , Sam Vilain wrote:
> Geoff Cant wrote:
>
>> I would love to hear a talk on Devel::ebug and any other shiny
>> Devel:: type code. (With maybe some passing references to similar but
>> less good things in the standard perl -d and perldb-mode)
>>
>
> Look, just because I saw its inception and have cranked it up before
> and commented, "ooo, pretty", doesn't mean I can make a whole talk on
> it!
>
> However, if we go with Matt's suggestion to have a focused lightning
> talks session, I could probably contribute a Devel::ebug section, and
> an XS debugging section (if anyone's interested!).
>
>
>> I'm also interested in unit testing and in particular unit testing
>> applied to legacy code and the refactoring required to do so. If no-
>> one else wants to pick this up I might have a go.
>>
>
> Sounds like a good topic. Other interesting related tools and
> techniques are Devel::Cover for coverage testing, WWW::Mechanize for
> writing web application test suites, Test::Base for writing data-based
> test suites, etc.
>
>
>> I'd like to talk about Darcs and why it's super-shiny and better than
>> CVS at some stage. Anyone interested in a version control type talk?
>>
>
> Sure. I can probably contribute Subversion and svk short talks for
> this session.
>
> (for those unaware, Subversion is like CVS with all the design bugs
> fixed, and svk is the Perl patchset abstraction/management layer that
> runs atop of Subversion, similar to darcs).
>
> So, we've got three great topic areas to discuss, and a range of items
> to talk about in those topics, this should keep us busy for a few
> months.
>
> I forward the motion for the call for a call for a vote on which topic
> goes first. Anyone care to second the motion?
>
> Is anyone interested in any more Perl 6 talks? I'm thinking that a
> talk about the Perl 6 OO core, including Classes, Roles, Traits and
> the MetaModel might be a good one.
>
> Sam.
> _______________________________________________
> Wellington-pm mailing list
> Wellington-pm at pm.org
> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/wellington-pm
>
>
From matt at catalyst.net.nz Tue Jul 12 13:48:43 2005
From: matt at catalyst.net.nz (Matthew Hunt)
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 08:48:43 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] Next month's meeting
In-Reply-To:
References: <1121119351.4159.16.camel@localhost> <42D2F2E7.9050002@catalyst.net.nz> <42D2FF64.5000609@vilain.net> <26E873CF-A6FB-4E74-A73E-7AA2BDB5C44C@catalyst.net.nz> <42D33E98.20606@vilain.net>
Message-ID: <42D42CAB.1050807@catalyst.net.nz>
Geoff Cant wrote:
> Options for the August PM meet (8th Aug?):
> A) Wellington PM Social (Dinner somewhere)
> B) Lightning Talks (Darcs, Devel::ebug, XS debugging ?, Unit
> Testing ?, Perl 6?, more?)
> C) A + B :)
> D) Other - please submit suggestions on the back of a self-addressed
> email.
>
> Any strong opinions/violent objections/comments/...?
I think that the Perl 6 talks could definitely do with a bit more time
than a lightning talk, probably Darcs too. I'd like to see a
Debugging/Testing evening some time.
> ps: Would I cause commotion if I second Sam's motion?
Apparently not...
How about this:
1) Social evening, suggestions welcome along with votes
2) Debugging and testing lightning talks evening (possibly thunder
talks, as some of them might rumble on a bit - but with the general idea
being to keep them under 10 minutes)
3) Version management evening, Subversion, svk, Darcs
4) Perl 6 OO core + random short talk from someone
Cheers,
Matt.
From grant at mclean.net.nz Tue Jul 19 19:59:24 2005
From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean)
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:59:24 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] [Fwd: [OSDC:Australia:Announce] OSDC 2005 Call For
Papers]
Message-ID: <1121828364.27176.16.camel@localhost>
-------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Anthony Baxter
> To: organisers at osdc.com.au, announce at osdc.com.au
> Subject: [OSDC:Australia:Announce] OSDC 2005 Call For Papers
> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:55:44 +1000
>
> (Web page: http://osdc2005.cgpublisher.com/cfp.html)
>
> OSDC (Open Source Developers Conference) is a grass-roots/low cost
> conference in the style of a YAPC or PyCon. It's organised for
> developers, by developers, and we're looking for papers on open
> source languages, technologies and tools.
>
> The conference will be held in Melbourne (Monash University's Caulfield
> Campus) from the 5th til the 7th of December, 2005.
>
> Last years conference had about 160 people and around 60 papers on a
> range of topics - see http://www.osdc.com.au/papers/2004.html for a
> list. This list might also be useful if you're looking for ideas on
> what sort of thing would be appropriate.
>
> To submit a proposal, get yourself to the www.osdc.com.au website, and
> hit the 'Call for papers' link, or go directly to the paper submission
> website at http://osdc2005.cgpublisher.com/cfp.html
>
> Key Dates:
>
> Proposals deadline 19th August 2005
> Proposal acceptance 12th September 2005
> Submission deadline 28th October 2005
> Final version for proceedings 15th November 2005
> Conference 5th - 7th December 2005
>
> Hope to see you there!
> Anthony
>
From grant at mclean.net.nz Sun Jul 24 13:59:52 2005
From: grant at mclean.net.nz (Grant McLean)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 08:59:52 +1200
Subject: [Wellington-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, July 22]
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> this vulnerability, vendors' responses, and security research.
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/07/21/Big_Scary_Daemons.html
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> Open Source
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> ***Calculating the True Price of Software
> Businesses have long viewed support and maintenance as essential
> components of software. Open source business models often focus on
> charging for support and customization. Is there an economic model that
> can demonstrate the true worth of a piece of software and the option for
> support, maintenance, and upgrades? Robert Lefkowitz argues that open
> source exposes the true value of software itself as, essentially, worth
> less in comparison to support and maintenance.
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/07/21/software_pricing.html
>
>
> ***Learning Lab: Save 50% on the Open Source Programming Certificate
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> Completion of this series also earns you a Certificate of Professional
> Development through the University of Illinois Office of Continuing
> Education. For two weeks only, save 50% on all Open Source Programing
> Certificate Series classes. Offer ends July 31st.
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> ***Building an OpenBSD Live CD
> Linux isn't the only operating system that boots and runs off a CD.
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> is a good example for taking your desktop or firewall along with you.
> Here's how to build and customize an OpenBSD installation on a CD.
>
>
> ***The Virtual Referral: Mitigating Risk by Hiring Open Source
> Developers
> Hiring a new employee is almost always a risk, and hiring the wrong
> employee can prove a costly mistake for managers. Brian Fitzpatrick
> suggests you hire an open source programmer. Find out why doing so
> mitigates the risks involved in hiring. Meet Brian at O'Reilly's Open
> Source Convention, where he'll be leading a Subversion tutorial and a
> session on switching from CVS to Subversion.
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/07/14/osdevelopers.html
>
>
> ***PHP 5.1's Killer Features
> Learn about PHP Data Objects, perhaps the greatest new feature in
> PHP 5.1.
> http://www.sitepoint.com/blog-post-view.php?id=274359
>
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> Mac
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> ***David Pogue Photos from our recent MUG event at the Stanford Linear
> Accelerator Center:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/16228484 at N00/sets/625100/
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/wdn2/sets/625173/
> (Special Thanks to Don Nelson of DVMUG for sending these along.)
>
>
> ***Programming with Spotlight
> The API for Spotlight offers highly advanced search capabilities. In
> fact, you can develop some of the very features of Tiger we've already
> grown to love using Spotlight's API. In this piece, Matthew Russell will
> ease you into Spotlight programming from a Cocoa dev perspective,
> showing you how to make your applications Spotlight enabled
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/07/12/spotlight.html
>
>
> ***An Introduction to Tiger Terminal, Part 3
> In Part 3 of this Tiger Terminal introduction, you'll learn some helpful
> commands that you can use to view information about your network,
> including netstat, nslookup, traceroute, and more.
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/07/05/terminal3.html
>
>
> ***How to End Wars Between Testers and Programmers
> There's a natural conflict between testers and programmers because of
> the difference in perspective each role has. The best way to end
> struggles is to redefine the goals of the work so that their roles can
> be collaborative, not adversarial. In this article, Scott Berkun draws
> upon his years of project-leading experience to provide some inside tips
> for managing your development team. Scott is the author of The Art of
> Project Management.
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/07/08/dev_team.html
>
> ---------------------
> Windows/.NET
> ---------------------
> ***Unit Testing in .NET Projects
> Now is a pretty exciting time for unit testing in .NET. Tremendous
> progress is being made on several fronts: IDE integration, process
> integration, and new test fixtures. Jay Flowers and Andrew Stopford
> explain how to use Visual Studio's new integrated unit testing, as well
> as the NUnit and MbUnit testing frameworks.
> http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2005/07/18/unittesting_2005.html
>
>
> ***Making Internet Phone Calls Using Skype
> Skype lets you use the internet to make phone calls to other Skype users
> and also to regular telephones. Wei-Meng Lee shows you how to set it up
> and start talking.
> http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/07/19/skype.html
>
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> Java
> ---------------------
> ***Taking JUnit Out of the Box
> JUnit is practically ubiquitous among Java developers as a way to test
> code, but it's somewhat limited by the fact that it's only meant to run
> in one JVM on one box, hampering its usefulness when developing
> distributed applications. In this article, Amir Shevat shows how the
> open source JUnit extension Pisces helps JUnit overcome this limitation.
> http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/07/13/pisces.html
>
>
> ***What Is Business Process Modeling?
> Business Process Modeling (BPM) is a set of technologies and standards
> for the design, execution, administration, and monitoring of business
> processes. In this article, Mike Havey, author of Essential Business
> Process Modeling, briefly describes the state of BPM today and the BPM
> standards, then builds an ideal BPM architecture using the example of a
> retailer process.
> http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/07/20/businessprocessmodeling.
> html
>
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> Digital Media
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> ***What Is Podcasting?
> So, you're ready to hop on the podcasting bandwagon, but you're not sure
> how to get started? This article by Phillip Torrone briefly describes
> what podcasting is and the software you'll need, then takes you right to
> the fun with a comprehensive step-by-step guide to podcast production.
> >From recording to editing to publishing and syndicating your podcasts,
> Phillip covers everything you need to know to serve up your first
> podcasts.
> http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/07/20/WhatIsPodcasting.html
>
>
> ***Gary Garritan: A Personal Orchestra for Everyone
> Producer Gary Garritan has made it his mission to put a high-quality
> digital orchestra in your hands--along with extensive free training.
> Hear how composers have seized the opportunity.
> http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/07/20/garritan.html
>
>
> ***My Five Favorite Soft Synths
> Looking for sonic inspiration? Synthesizer guru Jim Aikin reveals his
> top five virtual instruments, explains why they're great, and shares
> custom MP3 examples.
> http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/07/13/topsynths.html
>
> ---------------------
> MAKE
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> ***HOW TO make Enhanced Podcasts (Images, Links, and More with Audio)
> Apple's new iTunes 4.9 allows you to view (and listen to) "enhanced
> podcasts." These are audio files that can have slideshows, URLs and some
> cool features we have discovered. Here's how to get, make and all you
> need to know about enhanced podcasts! As a bonus, MAKE has put together
> some fun ideas they think many might use.
> http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/07/how_to_make_enh.html#more
>
>
> ***Phil Torrone on "Attack of the Show"
> Here's the video of MAKE's Associate Editor Phillip Torrone on G4TV's
> Attack of the Show. The show aired on Friday, July 15. He showed off
> some user submitted projects, hacks, mods, and blew up stuff with a high
> powered green laser.
> http://downloads.oreilly.com/make/g4tv.mov
>
>
> ***MAKE Volume 03 at the Press
> The third volume of MAKE magazine is at the press, and we have the
> Flickr photo stream to prove it. Our designers signed off on the final
> cover and raved that this is the hottest volume yet. Don't be left
> coveting thy neighbor's MAKE, and subscribe now!
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirk22/sets/612189/
>
>
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